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Born in Liverpool, James is eligible to play for England, but could now turn out for the nation ranked 168th in the world by FIFA.

And the Malta Football Association president Bjorn Vassallo has now said that they had opened talks with the family.

“We’ve been in talks with James and his father Jamie for the last few months now; he [James] is open to it, but we’re still working on it,” Vassallo said, adding that further talks would continue soon.

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Vassallo, who was speaking to the Times of Malta, said that the Malta national team already has two players who had joined its ranks through citizenship registrations as they look to strengthen the squad before the next set of World Cup qualifiers, which begin in March.

“We will not shy from signing players internationally," Vassallo said.

Meanwhile, Carragher senior has suggested that Arsenal remain too on edge from game to game to effectively challenge Liverpool in the Premier League title race and Arne Slot's leaders - despite their shock FA Cup defeat to Plymouth Argyle on Sunday afternoon - remain calm enough to ensure

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Because of Liverpool's lead, if they drop points in a game before Liverpool do, they'll lose belief they can win the league," he said on It's Called Soccer!.

"If it [the lead] goes to sort of nine, 10 points, and they're on the edge every game.

"I've said that before, but with Liverpool, it just seems so calm, and it wasn't like that before, and I don't know if that's Slot, I don't know if it's the amount of football if it's Arsenal rather than Manchester City - but it doesn't feel like Liverpool have got that sort of nervousness, this: 'We have to win this game otherwise it feels like the world's gonna end.'"

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